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Prof Kenneth Harris  -  BSc PhD CChem FRSC FRSE FLSW


BSc, University of St Andrews (1985). PhD, University of Cambridge (1988, Supervisor: Sir John Meurig Thomas, FRS). Lecturer, University of St Andrews (1988 − 1993). Lecturer, University College London (1993 − 1995). Professor of Structural Chemistry, University of Birmingham (1995 − 2003). Appointed as Distinguished Research Professor, Cardiff University, in 2003.

Awards and Honours: Meldola Medal (1991), Marlow Medal (1996), Corday-Morgan Medal (1999), Structural Chemistry Medal (2001) and Tilden Medal (2007/8) of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Philips Physical Crystallography Prize (1997) of the British Crystallographic Association. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2008). Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (2011).

Other Appointments: Nuffield Foundation Science Research Fellow (1995 − 1996). Visiting Professor, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain (1997 and 1999). Visiting Professor, National Science Council of Taiwan (1998). Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (2000). Patrick Lecturer, Kansas State University, USA (2003). Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux, France (2006 − 2008). Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (2008). Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan (2011).